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Download full textGaustad, Joan – 1992
In nongraded education, children of different ages and ability levels are taught together and make continuous progress rather than being promoted once per year. Research studies support nongraded primary education by indicating that young children vary in their rates of intellectual development and learn best through hands-on activities with…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Continuous Progress Plan, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change
Sumner, Deborah, Ed. – 1993
This resource book contains a variety of information on multiage practice, and instruction in mixed-age and grade-level classrooms. The first two parts of the book contain 24 reprinted articles: (1) "Ready To Learn: A Seven-Step Strategy"; (2) "On Tracking and Individual Differences: A Conversation with Jeannie Oakes"; (3)…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
A 5-year longitudinal study, still in progress, was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of prekindergarten programs in Texas. The components of the study include a statewide survey of school districts, a case study of 10 schools' prekindergarten programs, and a longitudinal study of 2,000 students enrolled in prekindergarten during the 1989-90…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices
Hardy, Clydean; And Others – 1993
This study examined 10 kindergarten teachers' use of instructional time to determine its relationship to student learning. Data were collected through classroom observations of student time-on-task and teacher-student interactions at 3-minute intervals over the course of 2 half-hour sessions with each teacher and his or her pupils. It was found…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten Children, Large Group Instruction
Kaul, Venita; And Others – 1991
Noting a developmentally inappropriate trend toward earlier instruction in mathematics, a study examined the effects of a systematic, process-based, developmentally appropriate program for the development of number readiness in Indian kindergarten (preschool) children aged 4 and 5. An experimental group of 20 children received the process-based…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Addington, Brenda Burton; Hinton, Samuel – 1993
Under the Kentucky Education Reform Act, public schools in Kentucky were required to restructure the traditional kindergarten through third-grade classes into a multi-age and multi-ability level, ungraded primary program during the 1993-1994 school year. Classrooms that once contained children at relatively the same age have been replaced with…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary School Teachers
Zhang, Xiaoping; Sigel, Irving E. – 1994
This cross-cultural study evaluated the effects of nontraditional versus traditional educational approaches in kindergarten on children's preparation for first grade and their readiness to learn. Fifty children in a developmental kindergarten in Pennsylvania, and 50 children in a traditional academic kindergarten in Sichuan province, People's…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
San Diego County Office of Education, CA. – 1991
This information packet contains five documents concerned with preschool education of migrant children. Three articles recommend that early childhood programs (1) have a developmentally appropriate curriculum that emphasizes life experiences, experiential learning, and large motor coordination; (2) reinforce natural learning that occurs in the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Charlesworth, Rosalind; And Others – 1990
The major objectives of this study were to: (1) develop a questionnaire based on the National Association for the Education of Young Children's 1986 guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood education; and (2) use the questionnaire to obtain information regarding kindergarten teachers' beliefs and instructional…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Warger, Cynthia L., Ed. – 1988
The purpose of this book is to illuminate issues and concerns about decisions that administrators and teachers must make regarding their preschool programs. To that end, the book provides insights on the theory, research, and practice of preschool education. Individual papers concern: (1) a comprehensive overview of preschool practices; (2) what…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed.; Preece, Laurel – Early Childhood Research & Practice: An Internet Journal on the Development, Care, and Education of Young Children, 2003, 2003
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed Internet-only journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. The journal emphasizes articles…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. – 2003
This document is comprised of three publications of the early childhood section of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: (1) prekindergarten mathematics standards; (2) a teacher's guide for early mathematics; and (3) a parent's handbook for early mathematics. The standards, developed by a broad-based group of individuals…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Objectives, Mathematics Education
Rosebrook, Vicki; Haley, Hollie; Larkin, Elizabeth – 2001
As the demand for quality intergenerational care increases, it is imperative that intergenerational care providers exhibit developmentally appropriate practice across the lifespan. This paper defines intergenerational programming and discusses the emergence of intergenerational studies as integrating the fields of early childhood education and…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Child Caregivers
Hyun, Eunsook – 2002
Although early childhood education (ECE) teachers frequently use the concept of the "teachable moment" (TM) when they reflect upon their teaching experiences, there is a lack of discussion in the professional literature regarding what a TM is or how teachers construct the notion of TM-oriented curriculum practice through their…
Descriptors: College Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Definitions, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Hyun, Eunsook – 2001
Developmentally and Culturally Appropriate Practice (DCAP) is a culturally congruent and critical pedagogy that serves as a framework for early childhood education for all individuals. This paper examines young children's gender differences in learning and their gender-oriented culture and promotes developmentally and culturally appropriate…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Gender Issues, Knowledge Base for Teaching
